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Baum, Susan – Roeper Review, 2023
Marcia Gentry personified a life well-lived. In this tribute to her work and legacy, her early ideas are highlighted. The author describes her professional experiences with Marcia during the years when Marcia was a doctoral student at the University of Connecticut. Recalling her initial motivation for a more inclusive form of identification of…
Descriptors: Biographies, Inclusion, Identification, Gifted Education
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Hunter, Roberta – Theory Into Practice, 2023
Research by Wood and her colleagues has had a lasting and transformative impact on the mathematical outcomes for Pasifika learners is Aotearoa/New Zealand. In this chapter, I describe a journey from what began as a solitary teacher searching for answers for their own discomfort at the inequitable outcomes for some students in her classroom to that…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Equal Education, Culturally Relevant Education, Teaching Methods
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Corbett, Patrick; Rosen, Jody R. – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2020
An across-the-curriculum (ATC) approach to undergraduate research (UR) is a productive addition to UR ecosystems at equity-oriented institutions. The ATC approach is differentiated from mentored UR experiences and laboratory course-based UR experiences by its ability to employ experiential, problem-based skills and practices for a broad variety of…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Student Research, Undergraduate Students, 21st Century Skills
Ark, Thomas J. Vander; Liebtag, Emily; McClennen, Nate – ASCD, 2020
"Place: it's where we're from; it's where we're going. . . . It asks for our attention and care. If we pay attention, place has much to teach us." With this belief as a foundation, "The Power of Place" offers a comprehensive and compelling case for making communities the locus of learning for students of all ages and…
Descriptors: Authentic Learning, Place Based Education, Learner Engagement, Educational Principles
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Singh, Ajay; Squires, Jane – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2014
Due to the prevalence of ADHD, there is a need for early intervention at the preschool level to improve children's chance of academic success in later years. Yet few preschool teachers are trained to meet the challenges children with ADHD present. This paper gives a rationale and curriculum for teacher training in ADHD, with an emphasis on Social…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Early Intervention, Preschool Education, Teacher Education
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Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE), 2012
Science and mathematics achievement gaps along racial, ethnic, linguistic, and socioeconomic lines have widened substantially over the past 20 years. Historically marginalized groups having significantly fewer "opportunities to learn" than their more advantaged peers. However, when students from non-mainstream backgrounds receive…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Gap, Achievement Gains